Microsporidian parasites in four species of carangid fishes from the Senegalese coast (West Africa)

Hepatic microsporidiosis was observed in four species of carangid fishes from the Senegalese coast. Being unable to positively identify the parasitic species, we provisionally placed them in the collective group Microsporidium Balbiani, 1984. The Microsporidium found in Caranx crysos and Caranx senegallus was labeled sp1, that found in Selene dorsalis was called sp2, and that found in Trachurus trachurus was called sp3. The Microsporidia formed cysts (xenomas) in the hepatic tissues of their hosts.